any A/V program set to scan on open will slow a machine down. you can set it up to scan on a schedule or only look at specific filetypes. I use clamsav on a once per week schedule here. most default settings are good enough for the casual user and shouldn't present too many problems.
-eric On Dec 27, 2013, at 5:02 AM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > Thanks so much for that, but will it slow my machine? > > And will I scan file by file as I do in windows? Or just an antivirus? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of eric oyen > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 6:01 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful? > > these days, common sense isn't enough. There are sites being infected with > multi-platform malicious code that can infect your machine on a "browse by" > session. Some flash on some sites can also infect your mac. We are no longer > the odd man out when it comes to malicious software of any kind (windows has > been losing the desktop/laptop market share for a long while now). > > Most site operators either don't know or don't realize that their sites are > so vulnerable to attack (and very few even have the knowledge to secure > their sites). SO , as a result, infections among users of apple products has > been on the rise. > > One of the best ways to prevent infections is to make sure you have > adequate protection. This includes: a anti-virus package, a firewall and > backups of your system (just in case). > > SO far, the 2 best top a/v packages are: virus barrier and clamsav. Both are > accessible for the blind and both can be setup and configured for a variety > of tasks. There are several others, but their accessibility across platforms > for the blind is very limited. > > Anyway, thats my take on the issue. > > -eric > > On Dec 26, 2013, at 8:20 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > >> Personally I don't, but I think some people do, so it's up to you. Te best > protection of course is to use common sense. >> On Dec 26, 2013, at 5:14 PM, Ramy Moustafa <moshtaqlealga...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >>> Hi all: >>> >>> >>> Is it useful to use antivirus for mac? Or it's far from viruses? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
